diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index b68aca2..3766741 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -51,7 +51,7 @@
         <dependency>
             <groupId>org.lesscss</groupId>
             <artifactId>lesscss</artifactId>
-            <version>1.3.3</version>
+            <version>1.3.3.1</version>
         </dependency>
         <dependency>
             <groupId>org.mockito</groupId>
diff --git a/src/main/java/org/lesscss/mojo/CompileMojo.java b/src/main/java/org/lesscss/mojo/CompileMojo.java
index 9f8d495..0271de3 100644
--- a/src/main/java/org/lesscss/mojo/CompileMojo.java
+++ b/src/main/java/org/lesscss/mojo/CompileMojo.java
@@ -19,6 +19,7 @@
 import java.net.MalformedURLException;
 import java.util.Arrays;
 
+import org.apache.commons.io.Charsets;
 import org.apache.maven.plugin.MojoExecutionException;
 import org.codehaus.plexus.util.StringUtils;
 import org.lesscss.LessCompiler;
@@ -53,9 +54,16 @@ public class CompileMojo extends AbstractLessCssMojo {
 	/**
 	 * The character encoding the LESS compiler will use for writing the CSS stylesheets.
 	 * 
-	 * @parameter expression="${lesscss.encoding}" default-value="${project.build.sourceEncoding}"
+	 * @parameter expression="${lesscss.outputEncoding}" default-value="${project.build.sourceEncoding}"
 	 */
-	private String encoding;
+	private String outputEncoding;
+
+    /**
+     * The character encoding the LESS compiler will use for writing the CSS stylesheets.
+     *
+     * @parameter expression="${lesscss.inputEncoding}" default-value="${project.build.sourceEncoding}"
+     */
+    private String inputEncoding;
 
 	/**
 	 * When <code>true</code> forces the LESS compiler to always compile the LESS sources. By default LESS sources are only compiled when modified (including imports) or the CSS stylesheet does not exists.
@@ -101,7 +109,8 @@ public void execute() throws MojoExecutionException {
 
 			LessCompiler lessCompiler = new LessCompiler();
 			lessCompiler.setCompress(compress);
-			lessCompiler.setEncoding(encoding);
+            lessCompiler.setInputEncoding(inputEncoding);
+			lessCompiler.setOutputEncoding(outputEncoding);
 
 			if (lessJs != null) {
 				try {
@@ -124,7 +133,7 @@ public void execute() throws MojoExecutionException {
 				}
 
 				try {
-					LessSource lessSource = new LessSource(input);
+					LessSource lessSource = new LessSource(input, Charsets.toCharset(inputEncoding));
 
 					if (output.lastModified() < lessSource.getLastModifiedIncludingImports()) {
 						getLog().info("Compiling LESS source: " + file + "...");
diff --git a/src/test/java/org/lesscss/mojo/CompileMojoTest.java b/src/test/java/org/lesscss/mojo/CompileMojoTest.java
index 37118e5..d4e2457 100644
--- a/src/test/java/org/lesscss/mojo/CompileMojoTest.java
+++ b/src/test/java/org/lesscss/mojo/CompileMojoTest.java
@@ -31,6 +31,7 @@
 import java.net.URISyntaxException;
 import java.net.URL;
 
+import org.apache.commons.io.Charsets;
 import org.apache.maven.plugin.MojoExecutionException;
 import org.apache.maven.plugin.logging.Log;
 import org.apache.maven.plugin.testing.AbstractMojoTestCase;
@@ -124,7 +125,7 @@ public void testExecution() throws Exception {
 		when(output.getParentFile()).thenReturn(parent);
 		when(parent.exists()).thenReturn(true);
 
-		whenNew(LessSource.class).withArguments(input).thenReturn(lessSource);
+		whenNew(LessSource.class).withArguments(input, Charsets.toCharset((String)null)).thenReturn(lessSource);
 
 		when(output.lastModified()).thenReturn(1l);
 		when(lessSource.getLastModifiedIncludingImports()).thenReturn(2l);
@@ -138,7 +139,7 @@ public void testExecution() throws Exception {
 
 		verifyNew(LessCompiler.class).withNoArguments();
 		verify(lessCompiler).setCompress(false);
-		verify(lessCompiler).setEncoding(null);
+		verify(lessCompiler).setOutputEncoding(null);
 
 		verifyNew(File.class).withArguments(sourceDirectory, "less.less");
 		verifyNew(File.class).withArguments(outputDirectory, "less.css");
@@ -146,7 +147,7 @@ public void testExecution() throws Exception {
 		verify(output).getParentFile();
 		verify(parent).exists();
 
-		verifyNew(LessSource.class).withArguments(input);
+		verifyNew(LessSource.class).withArguments(input, Charsets.toCharset((String)null));
 
 		verify(output).lastModified();
 		verify(lessSource).getLastModifiedIncludingImports();
@@ -170,7 +171,7 @@ public void testExecutionNotModified() throws Exception {
 		when(output.getParentFile()).thenReturn(parent);
 		when(parent.exists()).thenReturn(true);
 
-		whenNew(LessSource.class).withArguments(input).thenReturn(lessSource);
+		whenNew(LessSource.class).withArguments(input, Charsets.toCharset((String)null)).thenReturn(lessSource);
 
 		when(output.lastModified()).thenReturn(2l);
 		when(lessSource.getLastModifiedIncludingImports()).thenReturn(1l);
@@ -184,7 +185,8 @@ public void testExecutionNotModified() throws Exception {
 
 		verifyNew(LessCompiler.class).withNoArguments();
 		verify(lessCompiler).setCompress(false);
-		verify(lessCompiler).setEncoding(null);
+		verify(lessCompiler).setOutputEncoding(null);
+        verify(lessCompiler).setInputEncoding(null);
 
 		verifyNew(File.class).withArguments(sourceDirectory, "less.less");
 		verifyNew(File.class).withArguments(outputDirectory, "less.css");
@@ -192,9 +194,9 @@ public void testExecutionNotModified() throws Exception {
 		verify(output).getParentFile();
 		verify(parent).exists();
 
-		verifyNew(LessSource.class).withArguments(input);
+		verifyNew(LessSource.class).withArguments(input, Charsets.toCharset((String)null));
 		verify(lessCompiler).setCompress(false);
-		verify(lessCompiler).setEncoding(null);
+		verify(lessCompiler).setOutputEncoding(null);
 
 		verify(output).lastModified();
 		verify(lessSource).getLastModifiedIncludingImports();
@@ -242,7 +244,7 @@ public void testExecutionIOExceptionWhenCreatingLessSource() throws Exception {
 		when(output.getParentFile()).thenReturn(parent);
 		when(parent.exists()).thenReturn(true);
 
-		whenNew(LessSource.class).withArguments(input).thenThrow(new IOException());
+		whenNew(LessSource.class).withArguments(input, Charsets.toCharset((String)null)).thenThrow(new IOException());
 
 		mojo.execute();
 
@@ -253,7 +255,7 @@ public void testExecutionIOExceptionWhenCreatingLessSource() throws Exception {
 
 		verifyNew(LessCompiler.class).withNoArguments();
 		verify(lessCompiler).setCompress(false);
-		verify(lessCompiler).setEncoding(null);
+		verify(lessCompiler).setOutputEncoding(null);
 
 		verifyNew(File.class).withArguments(sourceDirectory, "less.less");
 		verifyNew(File.class).withArguments(outputDirectory, "less.css");
@@ -261,7 +263,7 @@ public void testExecutionIOExceptionWhenCreatingLessSource() throws Exception {
 		verify(output).getParentFile();
 		verify(parent).exists();
 
-		verifyNew(LessSource.class).withArguments(input);
+		verifyNew(LessSource.class).withArguments(input, Charsets.toCharset((String)null));
 	}
 
 	@Test(expected = MojoExecutionException.class)
@@ -279,7 +281,7 @@ public void testExecutionLessExceptionWhenCompilingLessSource() throws Exception
 		when(output.getParentFile()).thenReturn(parent);
 		when(parent.exists()).thenReturn(true);
 
-		whenNew(LessSource.class).withArguments(input).thenReturn(lessSource);
+		whenNew(LessSource.class).withArguments(input, Charsets.toCharset((String)null)).thenReturn(lessSource);
 
 		when(output.lastModified()).thenReturn(1l);
 		when(lessSource.getLastModifiedIncludingImports()).thenReturn(2l);
@@ -295,7 +297,7 @@ public void testExecutionLessExceptionWhenCompilingLessSource() throws Exception
 
 		verifyNew(LessCompiler.class).withNoArguments();
 		verify(lessCompiler).setCompress(false);
-		verify(lessCompiler).setEncoding(null);
+		verify(lessCompiler).setOutputEncoding(null);
 
 		verifyNew(File.class).withArguments(sourceDirectory, "less.less");
 		verifyNew(File.class).withArguments(outputDirectory, "less.css");
@@ -303,7 +305,7 @@ public void testExecutionLessExceptionWhenCompilingLessSource() throws Exception
 		verify(output).getParentFile();
 		verify(parent).exists();
 
-		verifyNew(LessSource.class).withArguments(input);
+		verifyNew(LessSource.class).withArguments(input, Charsets.toCharset((String)null));
 
 		verify(output).lastModified();
 		verify(lessSource).getLastModifiedIncludingImports();
@@ -332,7 +334,7 @@ public void testExecutionWithCustomLessJs() throws Exception {
 		when(output.getParentFile()).thenReturn(parent);
 		when(parent.exists()).thenReturn(true);
 
-		whenNew(LessSource.class).withArguments(input).thenReturn(lessSource);
+		whenNew(LessSource.class).withArguments(input, Charsets.toCharset((String)null)).thenReturn(lessSource);
 
 		when(output.lastModified()).thenReturn(1l);
 		when(lessSource.getLastModifiedIncludingImports()).thenReturn(2l);
@@ -346,7 +348,7 @@ public void testExecutionWithCustomLessJs() throws Exception {
 
 		verifyNew(LessCompiler.class).withNoArguments();
 		verify(lessCompiler).setCompress(false);
-		verify(lessCompiler).setEncoding(null);
+		verify(lessCompiler).setOutputEncoding(null);
 		verify(lessCompiler).setLessJs(lessJsURL);
 
 		verifyNew(File.class).withArguments(sourceDirectory, "less.less");
@@ -355,7 +357,7 @@ public void testExecutionWithCustomLessJs() throws Exception {
 		verify(output).getParentFile();
 		verify(parent).exists();
 
-		verifyNew(LessSource.class).withArguments(input);
+		verifyNew(LessSource.class).withArguments(input, Charsets.toCharset((String)null));
 
 		verify(output).lastModified();
 		verify(lessSource).getLastModifiedIncludingImports();
@@ -387,7 +389,7 @@ public void testExecutionMalformedURLExceptionWhenCustomLessJs() throws Exceptio
 
 		verifyNew(LessCompiler.class).withNoArguments();
 		verify(lessCompiler).setCompress(false);
-		verify(lessCompiler).setEncoding(null);
+		verify(lessCompiler).setOutputEncoding(null);
 	}
 
 	@Test
@@ -406,7 +408,7 @@ public void testExecutionMakeDirsWhenOutputDirectoryDoesNotExists() throws Excep
 		when(parent.exists()).thenReturn(false);
 		when(parent.mkdirs()).thenReturn(true);
 
-		whenNew(LessSource.class).withArguments(input).thenReturn(lessSource);
+		whenNew(LessSource.class).withArguments(input, Charsets.toCharset((String)null)).thenReturn(lessSource);
 
 		when(output.lastModified()).thenReturn(1l);
 		when(lessSource.getLastModifiedIncludingImports()).thenReturn(2l);
@@ -420,7 +422,7 @@ public void testExecutionMakeDirsWhenOutputDirectoryDoesNotExists() throws Excep
 
 		verifyNew(LessCompiler.class).withNoArguments();
 		verify(lessCompiler).setCompress(false);
-		verify(lessCompiler).setEncoding(null);
+		verify(lessCompiler).setOutputEncoding(null);
 
 		verifyNew(File.class).withArguments(sourceDirectory, "less.less");
 		verifyNew(File.class).withArguments(outputDirectory, "less.css");
@@ -429,7 +431,7 @@ public void testExecutionMakeDirsWhenOutputDirectoryDoesNotExists() throws Excep
 		verify(parent).exists();
 		verify(parent).mkdirs();
 
-		verifyNew(LessSource.class).withArguments(input);
+		verifyNew(LessSource.class).withArguments(input, Charsets.toCharset((String)null));
 
 		verify(output).lastModified();
 		verify(lessSource).getLastModifiedIncludingImports();
@@ -463,7 +465,7 @@ public void testExecutionMakeDirsFailsWhenOutputDirectoryDoesNotExists() throws
 
 		verifyNew(LessCompiler.class).withNoArguments();
 		verify(lessCompiler).setCompress(false);
-		verify(lessCompiler).setEncoding(null);
+		verify(lessCompiler).setOutputEncoding(null);
 
 		verifyNew(File.class).withArguments(sourceDirectory, "less.less");
 		verifyNew(File.class).withArguments(outputDirectory, "less.css");